The Tajikistan national football team represents Tajikistan in international football and is controlled by the Tajikistan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tajikistan. Tajikistan's home ground is the Pamir Stadium in Dushanbe.
History
Tajikistan played its first official game on 11 April 1994 in Tashkent as part of a regional tournament. It lost that game against Kazakhstan 0–1. The first official competition the team entered was the qualifiers for the 1996 AFC Asian Cup, when it was seeded in the 3-team Group 8 with Uzbekistan and Bahrain. Bahrain later withdrew, leaving Tajikistan to a play-off against their Middle Asian neighbors. Tajikistan won the first game 4–0, and were beaten in the away game 0–5 after extra time. It did not enter a World Cup qualifying tournament until the 1998 FIFA World Cup edition, recording 4 victories in its preliminary group stage including a 5–0 triumph over Turkmenistan, and losing only to China, which placed it second behind its eastern neighbors, and out of the tournament.
Following Tajikistan's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, coach Mubin Ergashev and his staff were relieved of their duties.
Tajikistan were drawn into a 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification group with the Philippines, Yemen and Nepal. Following defeat to the Philippines on 27 March 2018, confirming Tajikistan's failure to qualify for the Asian Cup, manager Khakim Fuzailov resigned.
After failing to have a direct spot for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, Tajikistan hired Croatian manager Petar Šegrt, and Tajikistan took part in the third round of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, joining with Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, and Singapore. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the third round was played in a single round-robin group format with a centralised host, which Tajikistan's group saw its neighbour Kyrgyzstan hosting it. Tajikistan defeated Myanmar (4–0) and Singapore (1–0), before holding neighbour Kyrgyzstan to a goalless draw, topping the group and, after failing in 5 previous attempts, Tajikistan was able to qualify to its first-ever AFC Asian Cup and a major tournament in 2023. Tajikistan was invited to the 2022 King's Cup in Thailand held in September 2022 where Tajikistan defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 and sees them advanced to the final defeating Malaysia in the penalty shootout winning their second international trophy.
In the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, Tajikistan reached the quarter-finals for the first time in their history after losing 1-0 to the eventual runner-up Jordan due to a 66th minute own goal from Vahdat Hanonov.
Kit
In September 2017, Tajikistan's kit was supplied by Chinese sporting apparel company Li-Ning.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2024
2025
2026
Coaching staff
- As of 1 February 2024
Coaching history
- Caretaker managers are listed in italics.
Players
Current squad
The following 25 players were called for Tajikistan's friendly match against Belarus and their 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Timor-Leste on 20 & 25 March.
Caps and goals updated as of 25 March 2025, after the match against Timor-Leste.
Recent call ups
The following players have been called up during the past 12 months.
Records
- As of match played 25 March 2025.
- Players in bold are still active with Tajikistan.
Most appearances
Top goalscorers
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup
AFC Challenge Cup
Asian Games
- Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
CAFA Nations Cup
Honours
Continental
- AFC Challenge Cup
- Champions (1): 2006
- Runners-up (1): 2008
- Third place (1): 2010
Friendly
- ECO Cup
- Third place: 1993
- AIFF Intercontinental Cup
- Runners-up: 2019
- King's Cup
- Winners: 2022
- Merdeka Tournament
- Winners: 2023
- Third place: 2024
Summary
Only official senior honours are included, according to FIFA statutes (competitions organized/recognized by FIFA or an affiliated confederation).
Head-to-head record
- As of match played 25 March 2025 against Timor-Leste.
Notes
References
External links
- Tajikistan at AFC
- Tajikistan at FIFA
- Tajikistan profile at Ukrainian Football News (in Ukrainian)
- Official Website of Tajikistan Football (in Ukrainian)
- Tajikistan at Global Sports Archive
